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Audrey Dubois
is on page 140 of 373
"Cassandra makes salient the lot of every woman in the drama of the Trojan War: their bodies treated as objects by men, and their voices silenced– even when they attempt to speak. Which explains, perhaps, why Cassandra’s prophetic voice isn’t mentioned in the Iliad. Like the men of legend who refused to listen to her, Homer is simply the first man in recorded history to ignore what she has to say."
INSANE conclusion
— Jan 25, 2026 01:02PM
INSANE conclusion
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Audrey Dubois
is on page 290 of 373
"In an ancient world where social networks were welded, not by likes or viewing numbers on online media platforms, but by the links of reciprocity forged by real gift-giving"
so confused by this passage. comparing a youtuber to a guy who washes up on your island shipwrecked with no food or clothes. "here is a thumbs up for you, good traveler" "a golden chalice for my favorite content creator!"
— Jan 29, 2026 08:08AM
so confused by this passage. comparing a youtuber to a guy who washes up on your island shipwrecked with no food or clothes. "here is a thumbs up for you, good traveler" "a golden chalice for my favorite content creator!"
Audrey Dubois
is on page 269 of 373
"[Calypso] is singing and weaving with a golden shuttle. Odysseus, however, is not to be found within this intimate, private scene of a woman’s work: he is, instead, the poet says, sitting weeping on the shore, looking out to sea."
yeah he's doing man's work!!!
— Jan 28, 2026 08:19AM
yeah he's doing man's work!!!
Audrey Dubois
is on page 239 of 373
OK I know I was being a hater but I actually really do like the chapter about how Athena uses props and costumes to communicate perceived gender... Athena is a drag king to ME
— Jan 27, 2026 09:05AM
Audrey Dubois
is on page 177 of 373
"The presence of goddesses of sex, fertility, birth and motherhood across the ancient world (from Aphrodite to Ishtar to Isis) testifies to the pervasiveness of mothering"
the PERVASIVENESS of MOTHERING??? such is the case in any society with more than one generation I would think?????
— Jan 25, 2026 01:57PM
the PERVASIVENESS of MOTHERING??? such is the case in any society with more than one generation I would think?????
Audrey Dubois
is on page 96 of 373
"This is a garment that was woven by enslaved women from Sidon (modern-day Lebanon) [...] Hecuba might, perhaps, have taken a moment to reflect on the provenance of her offering, and the suffering of women it encapsulates in her son’s double capture of Helen and the women of Sidon, before serving it up to the war goddess."
she probably didn't though
— Jan 24, 2026 08:06AM
she probably didn't though
Audrey Dubois
is on page 81 of 373
hate the writing style sorryyyyy
"Chryseis doesn’t say a single word. Her role, it seems, is to be drowned out by her father’s voice in the drama of his determination to set her free, and his brazen run-in with a king; to be cast in his shadow as a sheltered young girl, and silent daughter."
the whole book is kind of redundant and projecting victimhood but it feels unfeminist to SAY that
— Jan 23, 2026 01:29PM
"Chryseis doesn’t say a single word. Her role, it seems, is to be drowned out by her father’s voice in the drama of his determination to set her free, and his brazen run-in with a king; to be cast in his shadow as a sheltered young girl, and silent daughter."
the whole book is kind of redundant and projecting victimhood but it feels unfeminist to SAY that
Audrey Dubois
is on page 40 of 373
listened to this all the way from Greene to Providence and I was still in the introduction............
— Jan 22, 2026 10:05PM
